July 13th, 1954

“We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent. I remembered the line from the Hindu scripture, the Bhagavad Gita; Vishnu is trying to persuade the Prince that he should do his duty and, to impress him, takes on his multi-armed form and says, "Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds." I suppose we all thought that, one way or another.”

- J. Robert Oppenheimer

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Toho, a Toyko-based entertainment company formed in 1932 that is also known for anime and films by Akira Kurosawa, has owned the rights to the Godzilla and Godzilla-related properties and characters since the 1954 “Godzilla” original.